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March 6, 2022

LCC EMBARKS ON DISINFECTION OF SCHOOLS

By Derrick Sinjela LUSAKA City Council (LCC) Public Relations Manager (PRM) Mwaka Nakweti confirms through the Department of Public Health (DPH) of a massive disinfection and sensitization exercise in schools prior to opening on Monday, 24th January, 2022. Aside from keeping Coronavirus (Covid 19) at bay, Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Maambo Haamaundu recently led Lusaka residents in a monthly Keep Zambia, Clean and Healthy campaign. Ms. Nakweti says the initiative is meant to help contain the spread of Covid 19 by supporting the safe opening of schools in Lusaka, as 32 schools in Lusaka Central, Kanyama and...

Education / Gender & health / Latest News / Sustainable Development

March 6, 2022

Prof Lackson Kasonka launches 𝗨𝗡𝗭𝗔’s SHEPIZ

  …as Zambia grapples with one Doctor for 12, 000 patients By Derrick Sinjela and Bilke Mulenga Ministry of Health (MoH) Permanent Secretary for Technical Services, Professor Lackson Kasonka launched University of Zambia (UNZA) Strengthening Health Professional Workforce Education Programmes for Improved Quality Healthcare in Zambia (SHEPIZ), with delight as Vice Chancellor Professor Luke Evuta Mumba pledging the Great East Road Campus remaining a centre of learning excellence. . Speaking within earshot of Prof. Mumba, SHEPIZ Principal Investigator Prof Fastone Mathew Goma at Lusaka’s Mulungushi International Conference Centre (MICC) on Wednesday 5th January, 2021, Prof. Kasonka applauded UNZA on the...

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March 6, 2022

Zambia’s 0.6% Green Economy Ministry allocation worries ZCCN

  By Derrick Sinjela In as much as we appreciate efforts made by the Zambian government to uplift the welfare of its people and the protection of the environment, Zambia Climate Change Network (ZCCN) National Coordinator Steven Brown Nyirenda is worried following a meagre 0.6% allocation to Environmental Protection in the 2022 national budget. In a submission signed by ZCCN National Coordinator Steven Brown Nyirenda, leading an eight-person team of activists comprised of Mr. Muketoi Wamunyima (Delegation Lead), Mr Siatwinda M Siatwinda, Mutinta Nketani, Mr. Wesley Litaba, Mr. Patrick Kabanda, Miga Wilfred and Ali Kaunda expressed reservations on Zambia’s capacity...

Is Zambia Airways, a curse or blessing?

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March 6, 2022

Is Zambia Airways, a curse or blessing?

By Nakamba Mwinji, Derrick Sinjela and Muleya Idah Chongo PRIVATE Sector Development Association (PSDA) Chairperson Yusuf Dodhia has received national carrier Zambia Airways fees on the Lusaka-Ndola and Lusaka – Livingstone air routes with mixed feelings. Responding to a Monday 6th December, 2021 Zambian Developmental Media Alliance (ZADEMA) Press Query, on ramifications of   Zambia Airways rebirth, Mr.  Dodhia observed that travel fees the new airline, a joint venture with Ethiopian Airlines were extremely lower than to those charged by Pro Flight and Mahogany Airlines. Dodhia says it could be that the fees are meant to undercut Pro Flight and Mahogany...

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March 6, 2022

Upscale Mineral Diversity, Relief Copper Dependence, prods Kelvin Chisanga

By Derrick Sinjela and Muleya Idah Chongo ZAMBIAN Economist and Communications Specialist Kelvin Chisanga believes accelerating mineral diversification strategy will allow wider space of participation for other precious ores outside her traditional export mineral- copper. Rendering advice, to Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe, Mr. Chisanga strongly backs a need to build a wider buffer for other essential metals and non-metals to play some critical role right into the economic activities as part of key composite elements within the mining sector. Noting escalating of aggressive talks around some implementative modalities which may have been proven necessary as required of the Mineral Diversification...

Senior Chief Nsefu wins K1.3 million Govt. grant

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March 6, 2022

Senior Chief Nsefu wins K1.3 million Govt. grant

…as PS John Msimuko preaches attitude change By Rainbow Reporter GOVERNMENT through the Zambia Integrated Forest Landscape Project (ZIFLP) has awarded a K1.3million grant to Nguleta Community Sub-Grant Project of Senior Chief Nsefu’s chiefdom in Mfuwe, Mambwe District of Eastern Province. Green Economy and Environment Ministry Permanent Secretary, John Msimuko handed over the cheque worth K1, 370,440 to the members of the Nguleta Community Sub-grant project entrenching business ideas that go beyond the life of the ZIFLP. Mr. Msimuko said the Government through the ZIFLP is happy to support the Nguleta Group with a sub grant of K 1,370,440 aimed...

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March 6, 2022

Collins Nzovu, Anne Wagner-Mitchell, KAZA confer on TCA

                  By Chibaula David Silwamba Ministry of Green Economy and Environment GREEN Economy and Environment Minister Engineer Collins Nzovu held talks with the German Ambassador to Zambia, Ms. Anne Wagner-Mitchell, and the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TCA) Secretariat on Wednesday 1st December, 2021. KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Secretariat Executive Director, Dr. Nyambe Nyambe, KfW representative, Mr. Nils Meyer and Head of Development Cooperation at the Germany Embassy Mr. Christoph Ritz heard both sides consider  the KAZA TCA, as an important transboundary initiative for regional integration, conservation of shared natural...

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March 6, 2022

This year 2022…, Zambia must HEIGHTEN CONVERSATIONS IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

By Veronica Mwaba Chief Executive Officer at Dziwa Science Technology Trust DSaT The clock is ticking! Scientists say between now and 2044 the climate change impact will be devastating. Globally, the food demand will surge due to rising populations by 2050. There is need to create dedicated platforms to remind policy makers and other key stakeholders to put science and technology at the centre of national development. Today, Zambia like any other country in the world is experiencing devastating effects of climate change. Selected crops have not been spared from pests. Food security is threatened. Drought and floods in some...

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March 6, 2022

AICCRA ZAMBIA, GOVT, ZARI & UNIVERSITIES partner

…to scale up research-based climate smart agriculture By Alfonso Kasongo ACCELERATING Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA Zambiais set to partner with the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) and universities countrywide to find science based solutions meant to scale- up climate smart agriculture. AICCRA Zambia, a World Bank backed through International Water Management Institute (IWMI) will soon launch internship partnerships with ZARI, university partnerships and the ministry of agriculture find common ground in seeking solutions. Southern Africa region representative Dr. Inga Jacobs-Mata said the internship partnerships will help to effectively address the challenges of climate smart agriculture in...

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March 6, 2022

Gary Chilala Nkombo launches CDF guidelines

By Esther Munika Mwananshiku and Derrick Sinjela FOLLOWING President Hakainde Hichilema’s decentralisation policy decision, Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister, Gary Chilala Nkombo launched the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Guidelines seeking prudent public resource management and sternly cautioning officers against overpricing contracts. And Secretary to the Treasury (ST), Felix Nkulukusa implored Zambia’s 116 local authorities to prudently and ensure transparency administer CDF fund in all the ten provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western. Meanwhile, LGRD Ministry Permanent Secretary, Wisdom Bwalya says all council workers’ salaries countrywide have risen by 12 per cent in...

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